We've all heard of a term "Pirate", but not of a term "Privateer". Privateers are something you'd call "legal pirates". They got their ships from the government, were hired by the government to hunt down the pirates or to do dirty work for the government. Basically, legal naval mercenaries that the government controlled, while Pirates were lawless scavengers of the sea who pillaged and sacked for anything they could get. It's...